Wyatt Van Dyke's reference to video games is a good analogy, but it explains why new games are very fun (sometimes even more so) but perhaps not always catching on as an "official" sport. It's difficult to compare players and have leagues, etc. with so many different games... sort of why arena football never really took off.
Having said that, I do think they should have a "decathlon" tournament with rapid and blitz chess, then 8 of the most popular/worthwhile variants. A round robin would be cool, but it'd take a while to cover all the variants.
Wyatt Van Dyke's reference to video games is a good analogy, but it explains why new games are very fun (sometimes even more so) but perhaps not always catching on as an "official" sport. It's difficult to compare players and have leagues, etc. with so many different games... sort of why arena football never really took off.
Having said that, I do think they should have a "decathlon" tournament with rapid and blitz chess, then 8 of the most popular/worthwhile variants. A round robin would be cool, but it'd take a while to cover all the variants.